Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News Links:
New congressional map has passed
On Nov 4th there will be a special election in CA to redistrict CA and add 5 dem seats to counter Texas
Trump civil fraud penalty overturned
Trump sent national guard to DC.
Various red states have also sent Nat Guard to supplement the 800 DC guard
Mostly sent to touristy areas, the safest parts of DC
Section 740 says the takeover expires at 30 days and only continues if Congress acts.
Washington D.C. has had zero (0) murders in the past week (as of 8/22/2025)
Trump planning on sending national guard to Chicago
US Government acquired 10% of Intel
Nvidia and AMD agreed to give the US government 15% of revenue from sales of their H20 and MI308 AI chips to China in exchange for export licenses
Trump EO: one year in jail for flag burning
Daily Beast: RFK is going to ban the covid vaccine
First case of New World Screwworm found in the US
Previously had be wiped out in America/Mexico
Brandon Hererra is coming back for round 2 against Tony Gonzalez
News You Can Ignore
American Eagle Sydney Sweeney jeans ad is great bait
AOL shutting down its dial-up service Sept 30th.
Wyoming launches first state-backed stablecoin - Frontier Stable Token
Happy News!
The Smithsonian Air and Space museum has taken possession of an F-15C Eagle with at least 2 confirmed kills from the same pilot, including a maneuver kill against an Iraqi MiG-29 in 1991.
CEQA no longer applies to infill building in CA!
First baby born with 3 people’s DNA
Gallup poll: globally, people evaluate their lives better than ever
Tawian nuclear spokeswoman Crystal Yang chugged a bottle of nuke-exposed water on camera
Get drones to fly your Chipotle burrito to you, if you live in Dallas
Britain abandoned its demand that Apple provide backdoor access to any encrypted user data
New Apple watches can monitor your blood oxygen level again!
Ghost Painter in Italian city of Brescia paints over graffiti at night while masked. Records self and posts on tiktok
Troop Deployment
David - Negotiate your salary
Eneasz - Wireborn Art Isn't Art
Wes - MAiD is a scissor
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